Contributed by Washington State University
Frank A. Banks was the Bureau of Reclamation engineer who supervised the construction of the Owyhee, Grand Coulee and other dams on the Columbia River. Included here are selected photographs, maps, and architectural drawings from the Frank A. Banks Papers Collection.
Contributed by the University of Washington
A collection of 43 publications about the effects of cloud seeding, weather modification, and related information regarding the Columbia River Basin.
Contributed by the University of Washington
Three hundred and forty images ca. 1897-1917 of salmon and other local fisheries, whaling activities, clamming and oystering industries along the Pacific Coast and Alaska.
Contributed by the University of Oregon
A collection of government documents, books, articles from Scientific American, Harper's Bazaar and Sunset, 1939 aerial photographs of the Bonneville Dam, maps of the Columbia River Basin, and poems.
Contributed by Washington State University
The collection includes an historical timeline of events leading to the formation of Washington State and topographic quadrangles from the U.S. Geological Survey dated from the late 1800 to the early 1900s.
Contributed by the University of Washington
Photographs and pamphlets of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, built during 1933 to 1942 as part of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project for the development of waterpower, irrigation, and flood control. Also included are a look at the recommendations for and against building the dam, images of land clearing activities by the Public Works Administration, and the dam construction itself.
Contributed by Washington State University
The clippings of the Kimble Northwest History Database and accompanying background documents tell the story of how the Grand Coulee Dam was first imagined and proposed and the subsequent decades-long political and social conflict that took place from Olympia, Washington to Washington, D.C. News stories from Seattle, Wenatchee, and Spokane relate the history of the time, and Congressional committee hearings and reports detail the debates from the 1920's to the 1960's about the authorization and management of the project.
Contributed by Oregon State University
An archival collection of photographs taken during the period 1934-1945. The collection also contains an interactive map to view the rivers, counties, and hydrologic units within the basin. The survey, conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Fisheries, covered 6200 kilometers of the more than 390 streams comprising the Columbia River Basin and is the earliest and most complete quantitative documentation of anadromous fish habitat in the Pacific Northwest.
Contributed by the University of Washington
Historical photographs and pamphlets documenting the construction of hydroelectric power and water supply facilities built in Washington State from the late 1890s to the 1950s, including the Snoqualmie Falls Power Plant, the Electron Plant the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project, and the Cedar River water supply system.
Contributed by the University of Washington
Sixty-one photographs, ca. 1897, depicting salmon fishing activities and some of the first salmon canning companies in Washington State along the Columbia River and in Skamania and Pacific Counties. Includes images of horse seining, fishermen tarring nets, fish wheels, and crabbing.
Contributed by Washington State University
State and federal documents, reports, and surveys regarding irrigation, dams, and water in Washington state during the early 20th century.
Contributed by Oregon State University
This collection includes the seminar series publications, published research reports, special reports and Tualatin River Basin reports published by the Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability (CWESt) which operated from 2000-2005 and the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute (OWRRI) which operated from 1960-2000.
